Episode guide
Porridge: Specials
10 episodes · premiered Apr 1, 1973
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- Episode 1: Prisoner and Escort - Pilot Apr 1, 1973 · 30m Norman Stanley Fletcher, a career criminal and his escorts - soft-hearted Mr Barraclough (Brian Wilde) and authoritarian Mr Mackay (Fulton Mackay) going up to prison.
- Episode 2: No Way Out Dec 24, 1975 · 41m An escape plan is being hatched and Fletcher wants to stay well out of it. Perhaps spending Christmas in the prison hospital might help to keep him out of trouble
- Episode 3: The Desperate Hours Dec 24, 1976 · 44m Fletcher and Godber have spent months fermenting "Chateau Slade". They don't get chance to drink it, however, when the "screws" discover it's whereabouts. It begins to look as if Fletcher…
- Episode 4: Porridge - The Movie Aug 12, 1979 · 1h 30m This prison comedy is based on the popular British televison series of the same name. Long time Slade prison inmate Fletcher (Ronnie Barker) is ordered by Grouty (Peter Vaughan) to arrange…
- Episode 5: Case for Britain's Best Sitcom Jan 6, 2009 · 30m Johnny Vaughan argues the case for Porridge in BBC Britian's Best Sitcom "'Porridge' is set in the grimmest place imaginable - a prison. And yet still manages to be both gritty and witty"…
- Episode 6: Interview with Ronnie Barker 15m Ronnie Barker looks back on the classic sitcom.
- Episode 7: Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher Dec 29, 2003 · 30m Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional footage and interviews with the character's…
- Episode 8: Porridge: Inside Out - Sent Down May 21, 2014 · 30m A making-of documentary celebrating the 40th anniversary of the television sitcom Porridge (Episode 1 of 3).
- Episode 9: Porridge: Inside Out - Banged Up May 28, 2014 · 30m A making-of documentary celebrating the 40th anniversary of the television sitcom Porridge (Episode 2 of 3).
- Episode 10: Porridge: Inside Out - Good Behaviour Jun 4, 2014 · 30m A making-of documentary celebrating the 40th anniversary of the television sitcom Porridge (Episode 3 of 3).